Social Worker – Family Placement (Fostering) Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Family Placement Team to work Full Time based in Berkshire.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £41,418per annum.

Main duties:

• Work as a member of the Family Placement Team, contributing to the planning, co-ordination and development of a flexible and comprehensive Family Placement Service.
• Undertake work associated with the recruitment, training, supervision and support of foster carers.
• Prepare home study and group assessment reports for presentation to the Fostering Panel.
• Contribute to the planning for children who may require a family placement, by liaising with other professional staff and participating in meetings.
• Work proactively, in co-operation with other professional staff, to support existing placements, including the development of support packages.
• Undertake work associated with family finding and placement supervision of children and young people referred for family placement.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in line with West Berkshire Council’s policy and practice, maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality at all times.
• Maintain such other records and information as are required to monitor local targets for service provision.
• Carry other such other tasks as are commensurate with the post, which may from time to time be required.
• As well as working closely with colleagues in partner agencies the post holder will be expected to work closely with the courts, voluntary and other agencies.
• To contribute to the achievement of good quality services for the prevention of social work services, taking into account national standards and guidelines and evidence of what works.

Requirements of this Social Worker role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Benefits:

• Flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-19.00
• Hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Generous Local Government pension scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.